Nikula Explained

Nikula is a Finnish surname.^[1]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 52.3% of all known bearers of the surname Nikula were residents of Finland (frequency 1:2,320), 25.6% of Ukraine (1:39,331), 6.4% of the United States (1:1,245,694), 4.3% of Sweden (1:50,756), 2.1% of Hungary (1:104,430), 1.3% of Canada (1:634,448), 1.3% of Russia (1:2,531,424) and 1.2% of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1:1,343,291).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,320) in the following regions:^[2]

• 1. Central Ostrobothnia (1:481)
• 2. North Ostrobothnia (1:615)
• 3. Lapland (1:1,025)
• 4. Åland (1:1,196)
• 5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,295)
• 6. Southwest Finland (1:2,004)

Notable people

• Jone Nikula (born 1970), Finnish television and radio personality
• Paavo Nikula (born 1942), Finnish politician
• Pentti Nikula (born 1939), Finnish pole vaulter
• Riitta Nikula (born 1944), Finnish art historian

Notes and References

1. http://verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=1 nimipalvelu
2. https://forebears.io/surnames/nikula Nikula surname distribution